Sigourney Weaver
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Sigourney Weaver (born Susan Alexandra Weaver on October 8, 1949 in New York City) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress perhaps best known for her portrayal of Ripley in Alien (1979) and its sequels. Weaver is also notable for her stature, standing 5 ft 11½ in (182 cm) tall.
Biography
Susan began using the name Sigourney Weaver in 1963, after a character in F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. She attended high school in New York City and later studied English at Stanford University, then drama at Yale where she appeared in original plays by friend and classmate Christopher Durang.She played the role of Lieutenant Ellen Ripley in Ridley Scott's 1979 film Alien. She then reprised the role in all three sequels: Aliens, Alien³, and . She was nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award for portraying Ripley in Aliens.
She is also well known for playing Dana Barrett in Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II. She also played the role of the agorophobic criminal psychologist Dr Helen Hudson in the 1995 movie Copycat.
She is one of only ten actors and actresses to have received two Academy Award nominations in the same year. Weaver received a Best Actress nomination for her role as gorilla conservationist Dian Fossey in and a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her role as Katharine Parker in Working Girl opposite Harrison Ford and Melanie Griffith. She did not win either one but she did win a Golden Globe for each role.
She is the daughter of the late NBC television executive Pat Weaver and his wife the former Desirée Hawkins Ingles, a former British actress. Sigourney Weaver is also a niece of comedian and actor Doodles Weaver. Since 1984 she has been married to theater director Jim Simpson (of The Flea Theater) and they have one child, Charlotte Simpson (born 1990).
Partial filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | |||
| Infamous | Babe Paley | ||
| The TV Set | Lenny | Filming | |
| Happily N'Ever After | Rieda | Post-production; voice | |
| Snowcake | Linda Freeman | ||
| 2004 | Imaginary Heroes | Sandy Travis | |
| The Village | Alice Hunt | ||
| 2003 | Holes | Warden Walker | |
| 2002 | Tadpole | Eve Grubman | |
| 2001 | Heartbreakers | Max Conners/Angela | |
| 1999 | Galaxy Quest | Gwen DeMarco/Lieutenant Tawny Madison | |
| 1997 | The Ice Storm | Janey Carver | |
| Ellen Ripley | |||
| 1995 | Jeffrey | Debra Moorhouse | |
| Copycat | Helen Hudson | ||
| 1994 | Death and the Maiden | Paulina Escobar | |
| 1993 | Dave | Ellen Mitchell | |
| 1992 | Queen Isabella | ||
| Alien³ | Ellen Ripley | ||
| 1989 | Ghostbusters II | Dana Barrett | |
| 1988 | Working Girl | Katharine Parker | |
| Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey | Dian Fossey | ||
| 1986 | Aliens | Ellen Ripley | |
| Half Moon Street | Dr. Lauren Slaughter | ||
| 1985 | Une femme ou deux | Jessica Fitzgerald | |
| 1984 | Ghostbusters | Dana Barrett | |
| 1982 | The Year of Living Dangerously | Jilly Bryant | |
| 1981 | Eyewitness | Tony Sokolow | |
| 1979 | Alien | Ellen Ripley | |
| 1977 | Annie Hall | Alvy's Date Outside Theater |
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